Ecology of the Tick-Borne Phlebovirus Causing Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in an Endemic Area of China.

• Main Authors: Zhifeng Li (Author), Changjun Bao (Author), Jianli Hu (Author), Wendong Liu (Author), Xiaochen Wang (Author), Lei Zhang (Author), Zhengmin Ji (Author), Zhi Feng (Author), Luxun Li (Author), Aihua Shen (Author), Xuejian Liu (Author), Hongjun Zhao (Author), Wenwen Tan (Author), Jiangang Zhou (Author), Xian Qi (Author), Yefei Zhu (Author), Fenyang Tang (Author), Carol J Cardona (Author), Zheng Xing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is caused by SFTS virus (SFTSV), a tick-borne phlebovirus in family Bunyaviridae. Studies have found that humans, domestic and wildlife animals can be infected by SFTSV. However, the viral ecology, circulation, and transmission remain lar...